Research Article

Quasistatic Seismic Damage Indicators for RC Structures from Dissipating Energies in Tangential Subspaces

Table 1

Limit states and damage levels according to FEMA 273.

ā€‰Structural limit statesDamage levelsDamage indices

NDNo damage, virgin structure00.00
IOImmediate occupancyI0.05
IDIncipient damageā€‰0.10
LSLife safety threatensII0.20/0.25
CPCollapse preventionIII0.40/0.50
ICIncipient collapseIV>0.90